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The COULTER® GEN-S system is a quantitative, automated hematology analyzer and leukocyte differential counter For In Vitro Diagnostic Use in clinical laboratories. The GEN-S System also provides automated Reticulocyte analysis. The COULTER GEN-S SMM INTEGRATED SLIDEMAKER Option prepares a blood film on a clean microscope slide.
The product is an Automated Differential Cell Counter which like the predicate device COULTER® STKS Analyzer with Reticulocyte Analysis uses the Coulter method of impedance measurement for particle counting and sizing. Blood cells passing through a small opening simultaneously with an electric current cause an impedance change in the orifice. This electrical pulse can be sized and counted. While the number of pulses indicates particle count, the size of the electrical pulse is proportional to the cell volume.
WBC differential analysis and classification occurs in the flow cell where low-frequency current measures volume, highfrequency current senses cellular internal content, and light from the laser bouncing off the individual WBC cells characterizes cellular surface, shape and reflectivity.
To measure the number of Reticulocytes in the sample, a supravital dye, is incubated with whole blood samples. The dye precipitates the basophilic RNA network found in reticulocytes. Hemoglobin and unbound stain are removed by adding a clearing reagent, leaving clear spherical mature RBCs and darkly stained reticulocytes. Stained Reticulocytes are differentiated from mature red cells and other cell populations by light scatter, direct current measurements and opacity characteristics when using the GEN-S with volume, conductivity, light scatter and reticulocyte counting technology.
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§ 864.5200 Automated cell counter.
(a)
Identification. An automated cell counter is a fully-automated or semi-automated device used to count red blood cells, white blood cells, or blood platelets using a sample of the patient's peripheral blood (blood circulating in one of the body's extremities, such as the arm). These devices may also measure hemoglobin or hematocrit and may also calculate or measure one or more of the red cell indices (the erythrocyte mean corpuscular volume, the mean corpuscular hemoglobin, or the mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration). These devices may use either an electronic particle counting method or an optical counting method.(b)
Classification. Class II (performance standards).